Caledonia, New York, 1892 – Historic Map Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique map of Caledonia, New York, 1892 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Caledonia, N.Y.
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Caledonia, New York, 1892
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Caledonia, a village in Livingston County in western New York, appears in this 1892 bird's-eye view at a time when the Genesee Valley economy rested mainly on farming, with wheat, dairy, and fruit moving out by rail and canal to larger markets. The village's streets, churches, schools, and commercial blocks were laid out in the decades after settlement spread into the region in the early 1800s, and by the 1890s its main businesses served surrounding farm families. Residents in 1892 would have known Caledonia as a quiet county village where civic life centered on the church, the school, the town hall, and the local merchants, and where news of the wider state traveled through the railroad depot and weekly newspapers. Local history from this decade is thinner than for larger cities, so the broader pattern of Livingston County farm life offers the most reliable context for the town shown here.
| Created / published | 1892 |
|---|---|
| Creator | burleigh litho |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,432 × 5,504 px · prints to 28 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Caledonia, N.Y. |
| Reference | NY Caledonia 1892 |
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